I've given directions for making the flowers and for making the
vase. You don't have to do them both... You can make some flowers
and put them in a store bought vase or you can make the vase and put in
some silk flowers.

Materials for the Vase:

Materials for one flower:

tissue paper (Red & white for flowers and a bit of yellow or white for the center)

straw

cotton ball

scissors,

scotch tape (or floral tape)

Directions for making the vase:

Paper mache the jar (cover with 2 layers newspaper with one
layer white paper over top of that) or just cover with 3 layers of white paper

Let dry (takes about a day for the paper mache to dry).

Decorate the jar with paint or markers. You can paint the
whole jar another color or leave it white and add some design with a
color that matches your flowers. If you are really
artistic/ambitious you may want to paint a maple leaf on your vase (or a few of them...)!

Directions for making a flower:

Cut a square of tissue paper (white or yellow) about 2" by
2"

Put a small piece of cotton (about 1/4 of a cotton ball in the center).

Scrunch the cotton filled tissue paper around the end of the straw and wrap a piece of scotch tape around it

Continue adding rows of petals until you have a nice full
flower. You'll need at least 4 rows of them.

Fluff the petals out a bit to shape your flower.

Optional: spritz a bit of perfume on your flower to scent it.

FLOWER PETAL TEMPLATES:

I've included a picture of ONE of the flowers made with each template so you
get a feel for how they look. Each flower has 20 to 30 petals in it.
These templates aren't printable... just use the images as a guide when cutting
out your petals.

heart shaped petal template

(I think it looks like a rose or peony flower -- this is my favorite)

large pointed petal template

(I think this one looks like a water lily)

small pointed petal template

(this has twice the petals of the others... 40 to 60 petals in a flower)